In addition, Pat O'Driscoll, the former chief executive of Northern Foods who has been the chief restructuring officer at EMI Music for the last 12 months, has joined Terra Firma as an operational managing director.

In this role she will take on responsibility for overseeing Terra Firma's EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing investments.

However, the major is still refusing to comment on speculation that Relentless Records co-director Shabs Jobanputra is to take the vacant position of president of A&R ...